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Aim: To investigate whether selenite, a known antioxidant, could decrease the activation of apoptosis signal regulating kinase 1/c-jun N-terminal kinase (ASK1/JNK) signaling cascade in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) by activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway in rat hippocampi, and the neuroprotective effect of selenite against ischemic injury after 15 min of transient brain ischemia. Methods: Transient global brain ischemia was induced by 4-vessel occlusion into adult male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250-300 g. The rats were pretreated only with selenite (0.3 mg/kg dissolved in 0.9% saline) every 24 h for 7 d by means of intravenous injection of the tail or combined with LY294002 from d 5 by left cerebral ventricle’injection before surgery. Results: Selenite significantly increased AKT1 activation and decreased the activation of ASK1/JNK cascade via phosphorylating ASK1 at Ser-83 residue by AKT1 during early reperfusion after 15 min transient global brain ischemia. On the contrary, com-bined pretreatment of the rats with LY294002 (a specific PI3K inhibitor) and selen-ite significantly inhibited the effects solely with selenite. Conclusion: The activa-tion of the pro-apoptotic ASK1/JNK cascade, which is closely associated with oxidative stress, could be suppressed by selenite through activating the anti-apoptotic PI3K/AKT pathway during early reperfusion after cerebral ischemia in rat hippocampi.